Week 2 of 2010: 14 days so far this year…351 days remain
►Provocative Quote .
"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."
~Edmund Burke
►Free Ramblings .
My dental visit was a dental success—in and out in less than a hour, and my wallet is thinner.
The eyes of the world are on Haiti. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere is in very dire straits. America is responding. The American government, American citizens, American churches, American Medical Personnel are all working to bring relief. Other nations are also responding. The pictures and reports are devastating. Haiti doesn’t have a great track record for good government, and now their total infrastructure is gone. No fresh water, no first response teams, no electricity, little food, no hospitals, no government offices, few buildings safe to enter. So very sad.
Sadly, some conservative jackasses added their petty comments. Ol’ Rush is reported as saying he wonders why Obama reacted so quickly, when it took him so long with the Detroit guy. Then he added some racial thing about dark-skinned and light-skinned. Idiot! Then Pat Robertson said that Haiti sold itself to the Devil a long time ago and is now paying the price. Idiot.
Our storm hasn’t materialized yet. It was cloudy most of the day, but alas no moisture. It dropped to 20° last night, but very strangely, when I left for the dentist at 8:00 it was 42°. I figured my outdoor thermometer was messed up, but when I walked outside, it was not cold at all. Very odd. Here’s hoping the snow arrives tonight, as predicted again.
►Quotes from Values.com—TEACHING BY EXAMPLE .
Personally I do not resort to force - not even the force of law — to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influence of example.”
~Rutherford b. Hayes 19th U.S. president
►Side Show Stories Unusual Warning Labels .
"This product not intended for use as a dental drill." - Found on an electric rotary tool.
"Caution: Do not spray in eyes." - Found on a can of underarm deodorant.
"Do not drive with sunshield in place." - Found on a cardboard sunshield that keeps the sun off the dashboard.
►Random Fact .
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
§ Interesting Statistics
*Note: I realize that statistics can be made to say just about anything.
~”Ecstasy” tablets, in the shape of Pres. Obama’s head, are being sold my NC drug dealers for $10 a pop.
§ January Month Long Observances
Birthstone: Garnet …Flower: Carnation
Book Blitz Month * Bath Safety Month * Birth Defects Month * California Dried Plum Digestive Month * Celebration of Life Month * Cervical Cancer Screening Month * Financial Wellness Month * High Tech Month * International Creativity Month * International Quality of Life Month * International Wayfinding Month * International Wealth Mentality Month * National Be On-Purpose Month * National Bird Feeding Month * National Clean Up Your Computer Month * National Get Organized Month * National Glaucoma Awareness Month * National Hot Tea Month * National Mail Order Gardening Month * National Mentoring Month * National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month * National Poverty in America Awareness Month * National Radon Action Month * National Skating Month * National Soup Month * National Volunteer Blood Donor Month * Oatmeal Month * Rising Star Month * Self-help Group Awareness Month * Senior Women’s Travel Month * Shape Up US Month * Thyroid Awareness Month
§ Observance Weeks in January
Universal Letter Writing Week: 8-14
Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17 [honoring Laurel and Hardy]
National No Tillage Week: 13-16 [to reduce soil damage and increase crop production—especially organic farms]
§ 14 January Observances—US/UN/World
Make Your Dream Come True Day
Blame Someone Else Day
Dress Up Your Pet Day
Organize Your Home Day
Ratification Day: US Constitution in 1784
§14 January Observances—by country
India: Makar Sankranti Day--The event is marked by flying kites.
§ Holy Mackerel: On this day in 1934…More reports are coming in from Loch Ness in Scotland where they make the strongest Whisky on earth from tourists and locals of sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. It is described as a sea serpent estimated at over 50 ft long and the secretary of state for Scotland has forbidden the capture or shooting of the creature.
§Who was born on this day?
~ The Arts
Sydney Biddle Barrow in 1952 - madam/author (Mayflower Madam)
William Bendix in 1906 - actor (Life of Riley)
Thornton Waldo Burgess in 1874 -author (Peter Rabbit)
[Dorothy] Faye Dunaway in 1941 - actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
Mark Goodson in 1915 - TV game show producer
Jack Jones in 1938 - singer
Andy Rooney in 1919 - CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
George Richard Samways in 1895 children's writer
L L Cool J [James Todd Smith] in 1968 - rapper
Veronica Turleigh in 1903 (County Donegal Ireland) - actress (Promoter)
Carl Weathers in 1948 - actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky)
Guy Williams in 1924 - actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
~Athletics
Matt Brock in 1966 NFL (Jets)
~Business, Education, Politics
Benedict Arnold in 1741 -US General turned traitor (Revolutionary War)
Julian Bond in 1940 - civil rights leader
Calvin Phillips in 1791 - became shortest known adult male (67cm; 2'2")( Gen. Tom Thumb was 3’3”)
Harold Wolpe in 1926 - sociologist lawyer/South African activist
~Science/Religion
John Biddle in 1615 - English minister (Unitarian)
Albert Schweitzer in 1875 - physician/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1952)
§Who Died on this day?
Humphrey Bogart in 1957 - actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), cancer @57
Reverend Charles L Dodgson in 1898 -better known as Lewis Carroll, pneumonia @ 66
Peter Finch in 1977 - actor (Network), heart attack @ 60
Edmund Halley in 1742 -genius eclipsed by Newton, @ 86
Ray Kroc in 1984 -founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, @ 82
Donna Reed in 1986 – actress, cancer @ 64
Blossom Rock in 1978 - actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), @ 81
§What happened on this day?
1690…Clarinet is invented, in Nüremberg, Germany
1746…Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow
1784…Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris
1799…Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1873…"Celluloid" registered as a trademark 1878 US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1882…A country club named The Country Club became the first country club in the United States -- in Brookline, MA.
1914…Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
1934…More reports are coming in from Loch Ness in Scotland where they make the strongest Whisky on earth from tourists and locals of sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. It is described as a sea serpent estimated at over 50 ft long and the secretary of state for Scotland has forbidden the capture or shooting of the creature.
1942…A reluctant but resigned Roosevelt signed the War Department’s blanket Executive Order 9066, which authorized the physical removal of all Japanese Americans into internment camps.
1954…Marilyn Monroe married baseball great, Joe DiMaggio
1956…Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
1979…President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
1990…The Fox network’s animated show The Simpsons premiered
►Rhyme & Reason Puzzle .
Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)
1.rural murder (11,8) :
2. a moist slope (4,4):
3. name for a fleshy fruit flavored drink (4,6):
4. breed of dog bred in judicial circles (5,6):
5. flagging automobile tooter (4,4):
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ANSWERS
1. rural murder (11,8) : countryside homicide
2. a moist slope (4,4): damp ramp
3. name for a fleshy fruit flavored drink (4,6): very cherry
4. breed of dog bred in judicial circles (5,6): legal beagle
5. flagging automobile tooter (4,4): worn horn
